Chesapeake Bay Watershed
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- Q 1/27Score 0An area where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean is called an...29estuaryecosystemwatershedwater quality
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- Q1An area where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean is called an...estuaryecosystemwatershedwater quality30sEditDelete
- Q2An ________ is made up of living community and nonliving factors that affect it.ecosystemwater qualitywatershedestuary30sEditDelete
- Q3________ is the process in which rocks and soil are dropped.depositionweatheringerosion30sEditDelete
- Q4________ is the wearing away of land by the action of soil being moved by wind or water.depositionweatheringerosion30sEditDelete
- Q5________ is an area of land that drains into a body of water like the Chesapeake Bay.water qualityecosystemwatershedestuary30sEditDelete
- Q6Areas of ________, such as ridgelines and divides, separate watersheds.lower elevationshigher elevations30sEditDelete
- Q7The ________ is the largest estuary in the United States.Atlantic OceanChesapeake BayMississippi RiverJames River30sEditDelete
- Q8Testing the ________ is the most helpful way to determine the health of an ecosystem.ecosystem's weatherwater quality of an ecosystemtemperature of an ecosystemanimals living in an ecosystem30sEditDelete
- Q9The ________ form the western edge of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.Grand CanyonAppalachian MountainsMount EverestShenandoah Mountains30sEditDelete
- Q10A ________ is an area where the soil is usually wet or covered with water.Dead Zonegroundwaterwetlandestuary30sEditDelete
- Q11When precipitation hits the ground, it can flow over the surface of the Earth, or be...immediately turn into a cloudabsorbed into the ground30sEditDelete
- Q12Water from rain that flows over the surface of the land into streams and rivers is called...runoffsurface wateraccumulationgroundwater30sEditDelete
- Q13An estuary's water is ________ since fresh and salt water are mixed together by tides.saltybrackishpollutedfresh30sEditDelete
- Q14Sediment in rivers and streams ________ when the slowing water can no longer move it.pushes through the bay grassesgets deposited or dropped30sEditDelete
- Q15What collects in cracks and spaces in the rocks and sediments beneath Earth's surface?surface waterrunoffgroundwater30sEditDelete
- Q16Which type of pollutants are impossible to trace to their original source?nonpoint sourcepoint source30sEditDelete
- Q17Which type of pollutants have a direct source of pollution you can trace?nonpoint sourcepoint source30sEditDelete
- Q18A ________ is a smaller stream or river that flows into a larger body of water.tributaryflood plainsedimentlake30sEditDelete
- Q19An area of the Chesapeake Bay where all oxygen has been taken out of the water is called a...WatershedEstuaryFlood PlainDead Zone30sEditDelete
- Q20Underwater plants called ________ are critical to oxygen levels and food chains.river burchalgaebay grassesferns30sEditDelete
